Sunday, June 12, 2011

Mega Man In Smash Bros. 4? It's Possible

Alright, maybe not Mega Man specifically, but Super Smash Bros. designer Masahiro Sakurai says the inclusion of Capcom characters in the next installment of the series isn't out of the question. The mere utterance of the word "Capcom" from Sakurai's mouth is all we need for hopes of Mega Man's appearance to rise:

"I can't say that it's entirely out of the realm of possibility that some Capcom character could appear in the next Smash Bros. The big problem, though, comes from the idea of trying to get characters from a completely different universe to fit with the style that has been dictated by Nintendo's characters in a fighting game." - Masahiro Sakurai

Mega Man's style, from any series, definitely adheres closely to the Nintendo mythology in terms of design and character. I won't say classic Mega Man specifically, but it was easy to mistake him for a first party Nintendo character back in the day. Classic Mega Man is pretty darn synonymous with Nintendo, if you ask me.

Sure, other Capcom characters could work in Smash 4, but, really, could you see Leon S. Kennedy or Jill Valentine going at it with Mario and Kirby? Er, maybe... but Mega Man certainly seems like a better, more appropriate fit amidst the already famous SSB roster.

"The big problem, though, comes from the idea of trying to get characters from a completely different universe to fit with the style that has been dictated by Nintendo's characters in a fighting game." - Masahiro Sakurai

If you could shoehorn Solid Snake into SSBB, then you can easily turn a character as iconic from the NES days as Mega Man into a Smash Bros. fighter. Easily.

I could see both Mega Man and Ryu being Capcom representatives in SSB4.

Classic would be epic, X would kick ass, Zero would be cool, but I already have him with Dante and Deadpool in MvC, so MEH. EXE would be beast, Starforce would never happen; ditto ZX. Trigger might have a chance though, with all the Legends hype...

Well, all I know is that I'm not getting my hopes up for anything. This new Super Smash Brothers game might end up being disappointing as far as the character roster is concerned. Up to this day, I still don't think there was any excuse whatsoever for leaving King K. Rool out of Brawl, despite making all these blatant references to him.

If they won't even add an character from one of their key franchises, then I highly doubt we'll see any Mega Man characters.

The original Mega Man is the best candidate for a Smash Bros. title, imo. He's been there since the NES days, and has a LOT of history with the company. And since, at least to me, Smash Bros. is all about the retro goodness and rich Nintendo history (Ice Climbers, R.O.B., Pit, and not to mention all the trophies), he'd be best.

Now if only the Konami rep would be Simon Belmont instead of Snake (or maybe even alongside Snake), I'd be able to have the N-Team! Simon, Mega Man, and Pit! That would be awesome.

I, too, am not holding my breath on this, but I do think it's worth mentioning that when an interviewer asked Yoshihiro Ono about the possibility of Ryu ever appearing in Street Figther, Ono actually turned it around and said he thought that Mega Man would be a better fit. So there is SOME hope, at least.

guys the chances are very very high imo, sonic wont be back for ssb4 obviously so they need some character as famous as sonic, megaman is the best option!! i would like to see X, more than zero or classic megaman, but the first megaman fits perfectly in ssb universe

@Recoil: Indeed, the original Mega Man just makes the most sense. As for Sakurai, to give him the benefit of the doubt, he doesn't explicitly mention Mega Man, so who knows if he meant to say that he wouldn't fit in. It's possible he wasn't thinking of Mega Man (as sad as that sounds). But, again, Ono is pulling for Mega Man, so hey, that's something!

Man, I find it so ironic that Ono would be pulling for Mega Man. Ono, the guy that works on Street Fighter games, is pulling for Mega Man, yet Niitsuma was so adamant about keeping Mega Man out of MvC3.

The reason King K. Rool never made Brawl is because Nintendo does not own the rights to his character, he is Rare's and that is the primary reason why he wasn't the villain in Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Rare parted ways with Nintendo a few years before Brawls release, and quite frankly if they never get back together we will never see KKR ever again in any game.

...What? There are STILL people who believe this? Give me a break. Yes, Rare was brought out by Microsoft, but despite that, Nintendo still owns the rights to the Donkey Kong Country cast. If not, then King K. Rool, the Kremlings, and all the other characters wouldn't have appeared in the Konga series, King of Swing, Jungle Climber, or Barrel Blast. So, basically, that had nothing to do with why he wasn't in Brawl or Donkey Kong Country Returns. What it all came down to, is that the developers simply didn't want to include him. That was proven in an interview with one of the Retro Studios employees, where the guy said, and I quote, "Does K. Rool HAVE to come back?"

I didn't know that. huh. Well I always assumed lol. Well maybe the character just isn't popular enough, maybe we should have a petition to get him in the next, I mean every other character besides samus has a villain in the game. And I don't count ripley because you can't play as it.

After all the false hopes we had for MvC3 after the votes and X (and several other variations of Mega Man) came out in the lead, I'm not really blowing too much hope into this one. It would be awesome and, I hope given both the Japanese and US MvC3 votes, Capcom is now fully aware of the general population's demand for X, I can really only see them ignoring him, again, for either classic or Zero. I think this is just corperate fooey to shut us up now that Nintendo announced the newest SSB is coming.

In light of this.. If, for whatever reason, X makes it in THIS one? Consider me poor. I will then require a WiiU and a 3DS... *sigh*

I for one think mega man would be an excellent addition for Ssb4 considering that he made his debut on the nintendo consoles first before any other platform,after all he is an iconic video game legend like mario link, samus and pit ect. So far as characters like ryu being in the series, I don't think that's likely to happen as ryu has been in enough fighting crossovers already. Besides he would be Waaay too overpowered and broken to the point where he's almost unbeatable making him an unfair advantage in the game altogether. The only "ryu" I would rather see make the ssb4 cut is none other than ryu hyabusa from ninja gaiden series since it first originated on Nes/Snes back in the 80s and 90s, that and ninja gaiden dragon sword was made on nintendo Ds, and let's not forget his upcoming Wii U/3ds title ninja gaiden: Razors edge. Also team ninja were the ones who helped nintendo develop metroid other M for Wii, I think hyabusa is a better suggestion than street fighter ryu don't you think? Other character additions that would be awesome in ssb4 are geno from SMRPG (He HAS TO BE IN IT)king K rool, krystal,zero. I think lucario will be replaced by zoroarc since she's 5th gen.

nintendo plz put megaman x in the game he would make a really fricken amazing addition to the roster, megaman is awesome so many people even mod the charcters in fighting games just so megaman could be in it, you could work with him, he would be easy to give moves and a final smash to, his costumes could be based on his armors or his attacks could be some of his armors, nova strike from ultimate armor could be his final smash, he has alot of advantages that you guys can work with

I honestly think Mega Man Classic or X would be Capcom's most likely candidates.

Consider first the fact that MMC has moves that can fit into the Smash format: Shooting, uppercut, sliding - moves that have been used by other existing characters. Give him a few special weapons from MM1 or MM2, and his moveset is done. X wouldn't be too difficult either.

Also, IMO, MMC was dropped form the latest MvC roster because the designers probably had a hard time creating a high-powered moveset for him. This means that he should be able to be on par with the Smash roster. X is a DLC skin for Zero, but that doesn't really count with many people (myself included).

It should be Classic or X, as other incarnations (MMZero, SF, ZX, EXE) wouldn't really be as popular by most gamers. Legends would be up in the air.

As for any other Capcom character - Ryu, the other most popular, probably wouldn't work because he would have to be 'nerfed' in order to be balance with Mario and the other Smashers.

I would like both megaman and zero (preferabley zero from the gba series)megaman moveset maybe similar to samus or something like that and than instead of just different colored megamans y shoul be like diferenten skins ( classic, x, volnutt, Exe.,star force , model x )and zero uses different weapons like z saber , buster shot , shield boomerang ,chain rod , recoil rod and zero knuckle. he could have skins to like classic zero , zero exe. model z and model zx and the alredy use gba zero or modern zero i don'n really know whats the proper name sorry :(

I would definitely love to see Megaman X be put into this. Another big thing would be to remove the trip. Whoever came up with the idea for the trip is a bloody moron and all who agreed with that idea are fools. X has a huge list of moves, so there is no reason why he couldn't make it in as far as that reason goes. I also love Sonic, so I hope they put him back in, and remove at least SOME of the ridiculous lag he has on his moves. DDD has moves (tilts) that put Sonic to shame. How on earth does that make sense?